3333 - Pella (Roman Republic) (AE Zeus/bull) over Thessalonica (Dionysus/Pegasus) (MacDonald coll., 63)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3333


148 BCE - 31 BCE | ΠΕΛΛΗΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 734 - Pella over Thessalonica.jpg
Overstruck variety
Thessalonic_Dionysus_Pegasus.jpg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
734 - Pella over Thessalonica (drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 63

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΠΕΛΛΗΣ (Greek) Bull standing right. Under his belly, monogram. In right field, monogram?
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Pella Ancient regionAncient region. Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources: Roman Republic
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 148 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 31 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 9.159.15 g <br />9,150 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 33 mm <br />0.3 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2000, p. 119, n° 1 (pl. 1, 1), MacDonald 2009, p. 84, n° 63 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 95, n° 8, MacDonald 20092MacDonald 2009, p. 84, n° 63, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 618
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Dionysos right (visible: entire face of Dionysos from frontal hair locks to bottom of chin). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΘΕΣ(ΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗΣ) (Greek) Pegasus flying right. In field, monogram (visible: back half of Pegasus).
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Thessalonica Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Macedonian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 187 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 168 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, p. 118, n° 4, Lindgren 19934Lindgren 1993, n° 1151, Touratsoglou 19935Touratsoglou 1993, pl. IX.3, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 724, Kourempanas 20166Kourempanas 2016, n° 6
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. a b  Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
  2. ^  MacDonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  3. a b  Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
  4. ^  Lindgren, H. C. (1993), Ancient Greek Bronze coins from the Lindgren collection, Chrysopylon, Quarryville, 204 p.
  5. ^  Touratsoglou, Ioannis (1993), The coin circulation in Ancient Macedonia (ca. 200 B.C.-268-286 A.D.), The hoard evidence, Athens, Hellenic numismatic Society, in-4°, 88 p., XIII pl.
  6. ^  Kourempanas, Theodoros (2016), "Τα ελληνιστικά νομίσματα της Θεσσαλονίκης" , Athens, p. 112, pl. 13.